Most older Canadians know where they were the morning of Sept. 28, 1972. NHL player agent Pat Brisson, 46, was a second-grader at Dominic Savio school in Valleyfield, Quebec, and recalls sitting in the gymnasium with all of his classmates watching television when Paul Henderson scored a goal to give Canada's NHL players a series-clinching victory against the Soviets in the Summit Series in Moscow. Since then, Canada has viewed itself as an international hockey power.

Ontario native John Tavares, the all-everything prospect out of the Ontario Hockey League, was the No.1 overall draft choice by the NHL's New York Islanders in late June. Tavares, who broke Wayne Gretzky's career goal-scoring record in the OHL, was in New York on Wednesday where he was introduced to fans and the news media.

The billionaire investor known for pushing corporations to make changes to boost their stock price has a new challenge: turning around one of the fast-food industry's more notable names and doing it during a slumping economy.

Wendy's International said Monday that fourth-quarter earnings more than quadrupled from a year ago, when it took major charges for discontinued operations, as restaurants reported better margins in the face of high commodity prices.